FILM 1973: THE SNOWMAN

FILM 1973: THE SNOWMAN

TRIVIA: Martin Scorsese was originally attached to direct this movie. He remained on board as executive producer.

Tomas Alfredson has said that production was too rushed. He came on board late, and reckons that up to 15% of the screenplay was never filmed. Location filming in Norway was shortened so production could move to London, which compromised the story.

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The ringtone of Rakel's phone is cover of Edvard Grieg's piece "In the Hall of the Mountain King".

All of Val Kilmer's lines are dubbed throughout the film. According to a Reddit AMA in May 2017, Kilmer disclosed that he had "a healing of cancer," and his tongue "was still swollen although healing all the time."

Jonny Greenwood created a score that was not used.

FILM 1827: THE SHADOW

FILM 1827: THE SHADOW 

TRIVIA: Sam Raimi originally wanted to adapt and direct this film, but was denied the rights to it.

Tim Curry and Sir Ian McKellen previously appeared together on stage in Amadeus, as the title character and as Salieri, respectively.

The billboard of the "Smoking man" is a parody of a real one that actually blew "smoke" rings. The original was for Camel cigarettes, whose motto was "I'd walk a mile for a Camel!" The "Llama" cigarette motto parodies this with "I'd climb a mountain for a Llama!"

Bob Kane had cited The Shadow as a major influence behind Batman.

Peter Boyle plays a Taxi Driver. He also played a Taxi Driver in "Taxi Driver", 1976.